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Stories include an a preview of Tuesday’s municipal election.

Three Arkansas teens accused of the murder of Kevin Thornton of Juneau say their cases should be dismissed. The motion will be heard by a judge today. Timothy Tyler Norwood, 16, Clinton Lavon Ross, 16, and Richard Shelby Wybark, 17, are charged with second-degree murder and an aggravating count of violent group activity. Their case…

Southeast Alaskans head to the polls on Tuesday, October 4th. They will choose city and borough leaders and voice opinions on a variety of ballot measures. The more-than-a-dozen measures include taxing plastic bags, funding hydropower projects and dropping a senior-citizen exemption for a tax on booze and smokes. One of the most controversial is in…

Tuesday is Election Day in Juneau. The polls open at 7 a.m., but voters can still cast absentee and early ballots today (Monday) at City Hall downtown, or the Mendenhall Mall polling station. Early voting for the municipal election has been steady, but slow, according to City Clerk Laurie Sica. She says the last count…

The Juneau-Douglas Crimson Bears secured a home playoff game, but came in second as leaders of the Railbelt Football Conference in this weekend’s closing game of the regular season. The Bears beat the Lathrop Malemutes 53 to 8 Friday night in Fairbanks. It was the win they needed to clinch a quarterfinal contest in Juneau.…

Robert D. Kowalski has been charged with first and second degree murder in connection with the death of Sandra M. Perry.